White silhouette of branching seaweed fronds on a deep blue cyanotype background.

Blank inside panel for the customer's photos. — Inside: four of your photos stand up below this, with your note.

No. 145 of 248 · The Natural History Series

Seaweed (Rhodomenia polycarpa)

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Anna Atkins's branching seaweed glows white against a deep cyanotype blue, as delicate as lace. Atkins laid each specimen on light-sensitive paper in the sun, and her book of British algae became the first ever illustrated with photographs. For someone who loves the sea, science or quiet beauty.

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From the first book ever illustrated with photographs / SEAWEED / Rhodomenia polycarpa / Anna Atkins was taught by her father, the scientist John George Children, and drew the shells for his translation of Lamarck before she turned to seaweeds and the sun. / Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, 1843-53 / Anna Atkins laid each seaweed on light-sensitive paper in the sun, making the first book ever illustrated with photographs.

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